# Fractures at Ameritex Pipe & Products
> OSHA SIR `2022043538` · 4/25/2022 · GUNTER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Concrete or clay pipes and conduits
- **Secondary source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ameritex Pipe & Products
- **Location:** 1750 Wall Street Road, GUNTER, TEXAS, 75058
- **NAICS:** 327332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chop saw when it kicked the pipe he was cutting and broke his right middle finger.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*